Epidemiologist - Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University Atlanta, GA

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The research team of Dr. Aaron Siegler (Bio: ) in the Epidemiology Department at Emory University is seeking to hire an Epidemiologist to work on several NIH-funded studies in HIV prevention epidemiology and digital health intervention research across local and/orinternational settings. These studies include:

• Establishing a PrEP Epidemiology, Modeling and Surveillance System (PREMISE), a study to support the development of consistent national HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) data to describe its patterns of use, and to understand which programs and policies are effective at facilitating PrEP uptake in the US.
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  PrEP initiation and retention outcomes in the US:
  The MISTR+ study, an NIH-funded series of clinical trials to support the development of low-touch interventions (such as tailored messaging) and testing their effectiveness on PrEP initiation and retention outcomes.
• The Elección (Choice) Cohort:
  Developing and testing a scalable, platform-agnostic digital intervention in Peru, an NIH-funded clinical trial to improve understanding of the factors associated with HIV acquisition and PrEP uptake; and evaluate the preferences for and effectiveness of an adapted digital health messaging intervention (mHealth) among men in Peru.

• Provides technical and scientific expertise for programs in the areas of communicable disease, chronic disease and environmental epidemiology.
• Designs, conducts and reports on the epidemiological study of diseases, collects and analyzes data and develops health education materials.
• Manages and participates in investigations and surveys that have national and international impact.
• Conducts program research and prepares operational and statistical reports.
• May write publishable articles and papers.
• Serves as a liaison to and works with other groups and organizations participating in related programs.
• May travel internationally to supervise field operations.
• Performs related responsibilities as required.

The Epidemiologist will have the opportunity to work on multiple projects as described above, with work distribution depending on experience and interests. The Epidemiologist may have the opportunity to contribute to other ongoing work in Dr. Siegler's research lab within PRISM Health, develop independent research proposals, lead manuscripts from conceptualization to publication, and present scientific work at national/international scientific conferences. For early-career researchers interested in advancing their public health career, the team is committed to providing mentorship to help identify and carve out an area of expertise in terms of topic areas to launch your career.

• Work closely with the Principal Investigator in all aspects of the research
• Contribute to quantitative research in HIV prevention.
• Design, conduct, and lead quantitative studies
• Use statistical software to derive quantitative research findings
• Work as part of a team to develop scientific data
• Prepare and publish manuscripts as first author in peer-reviewed journals
• Contribute as co-author to manuscripts
• Contribute to data visualization output
• Contribute to project development efforts

The position will be based at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. The initial appointment is for 2 years, and renewal is anticipated if performance is satisfactory and funds remain available.

To reach Ending the Epidemic (ETE) targets, we will need consistent national HIV pre‑exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) data to describe patterns of use and to understand which programs and policies are effective at facilitating PrEP uptake. This NIH‑funded study aims to build on our history of developing public PrEP data resources and innovative metrics of PrEP use in PREMISE (PrEP Epidemiology, Modeling, and Surveillance), a…